With fresh-faced love songs like “Candy Girl” and sweet harmonies on tracks like “Mr. Telephone Man”, New Edition set the template for R&B (with the "B" for "bubblegum") boy bands to come. As the teen quintet matured, so did their music. The fiery Bobby Brown left and the suave Johnny Gill stepped in, with his commanding vocals serving as a foil for Ralph Tresvant's silky tones—while tracks like the questioning “Can You Stand the Rain” showed gravitas. Brown's return in the '90s expanded the group into a six-piece and amped up their streetwise, sexy vibe.